Tag Archives: gore

End of Days

Posted on November 23, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Schwarzenegger vs. Satan The apocalypse has been the general theme running through genre films in 1999, so why shouldn’t larger than life Arnold Schwarzenegger get in on the action? And what better foe should he take on in his first … Continue reading →

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Phantom of the Opera DVD

Posted on November 23, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Argento conducts the cellar dweller Like Moses, a babe is left in a basket to float down a river — but instead of being found by the wife of Pharaoh in the bullrushes to be raised a prince of Egypt, … Continue reading →

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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Posted on November 12, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Don’t shoot me! Good thing they tacked on that subtitle, or else I would’ve been looking for the bicycle through the whole picture. Here’s the ex-husband-and-wife team of Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) with their latest epic, … Continue reading →

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Dogma

Posted on November 12, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Look Ma, no doG! It’s long been a tenet of the SubGenius faith that we think Jesus is a swell guy – it’s his fan club we’ve got a problem with. They’ve been misquoting and sinning in His name for … Continue reading →

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House on Haunted Hill

Posted on October 29, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Boo and Boo again – Castle lives! While earlier this year Jan DeBont’s remake of The Haunting failed because it lacked the emotional connection to hold it’s marvelous f/x together, William Malone’s update of the 1958 William Castle camp classic succeeds … Continue reading →

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American Movie DVD

Posted on October 25, 1999 by Brian Thomas

American Nightmare One factor of the huge success of The Blair Witch Project is that it’s rendered suspect any entertaining documentary for some people. Leaving the theater after AM, I actually heard people questioning whether it was “real” or not … Continue reading →

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Bats

Posted on October 22, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Bat Reputation Years ago, returning home from acts of hedonism at an ungodly hour, I came upon a bat on the sidewalk in front of my building. It looked like a snow white hamster with wings – very cute. It … Continue reading →

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Bay of Blood DVD

Posted on October 18, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Body count basics European horror is hot on DVD. A generation of film fans raised on Video Watchdog — knowing the full story of how the works of Bava, Argento, Fulci, et al have been mishandled and abused by American … Continue reading →

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Freak VHS

Posted on October 11, 1999 by Brian Thomas

The kind you don’t bring home to mother Guest Review by Paul Freitag There are certain directors, Abel Ferrara and Gregg Araki to name two, that I have terminally mixed feelings towards.  At one end, I admire what they’re trying … Continue reading →

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Deep Blue Sea

Posted on July 28, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Deep Doo-Doo A shark movie?! In 1999?! Hollywood wisdom states that if something is worth doing well once, it’s worth doing poorly a thousand times, so Universal bought this story from virgin scripters Duncan Kennedy and Wayne Powers and threw … Continue reading →

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